In Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose’s commentary, Shrub, the author outlines George W. Bush’s political life from his days as an oil entrepreneur in Midland, working for corporations, and becoming the governor of Texas. The overall purpose of Molly Ivins is to give the future president a background of what he has done in Texas that would make it scary to the next leader of the free world. In the introduction, Ivins suggests, “…showed first 75 words of 1721 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1721 total…presidency. The authors have contested Bush’s leadership such as his uninterested approach to policy, which is run by the staff members. It is sarcastically mentioned that Bush was trying to act “presidential” by being interested in issues in the world. Moreover, his proposed legislations like privatizing welfare and privatizing pollution have all been flat and ridiculous. With Bush’s lack of interest, then they addressed that people should not expect much out of him.